Gale Academic OneFile – Gale’s premier periodical resource, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. (Click here for access from home.)

Gale Academic OneFile Select – covers everything from art and literature to economics and the sciences. This resource for academic research integrates the full text of publications from across the disciplines and now includes vocational/technical titles used by community college students, filling a specific need for curriculum-oriented collections.

Britannica Academic Edition
Britannica Academic is an accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty.

Explora (General) – A simple search quickly delivers relevant results including articles, essays, and primary source documents. Topic overviews provide starting points for research. Includes more than 60,000 videos from the Associated Press.

Explora Educators Edition is also available to help with lesson planning, curriculum standards and more.

Full Text Finder – Full Text Finder assists users in discovering which online databases allow access to specific publications. Search by journal title, publisher, or subject. Use this information to locate and link to journals of interest.

Gale eBooks – Reference sources in eBook format include multi-volume encyclopedias, business plan handbooks, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources. Find traditional print publications, eg. under the Subject headings of Religion, find 22 volume Encyclopaedia Judaica.

Niche Academy – Instructional video tutorials for digital library resources and more!

NOVELny – (24/7 access with NYS driver’s license #) – The New York Online Virtual Electronic Library is a collection of magazines, newspapers, maps, charts, research and reference books that are available to every New Yorker, free of charge.

PowerSearch – Provides access to all the Thomson Gale content in the library’s collection by exploring one, several or all cross-searchable databases simultaneously.

SCHOLASTIC GO!  –  Various encyclopedias, some targeted for elementary, middle school, high school and up. Includes America the Beautiful, Popular Science, Lands and People, and a Multimedia collection that includes quizzes and games.

Gale OneFile: Fine Arts –
Full-text magazines and journals articles to support research in areas such as drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

Gale in Context: Biography – Information on over 335,000 people. These biographies cover the areas of literature, science, business, entertainment, history, current events and the arts.

Business Insights: Essential – Today’s business researchers demand instant access to reliable, comprehensive data and the tools to analyze and interpret the information. Gale Business Insights: Essentials delivers authoritative company and industry information, articles, and statistical data. Students, business owners, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, investors, financial planners, and general researchers can explore real-world applications and develop analytical skills.

Gale eBooks -Direct link to business resources
Reference sources in e-Book format in the “Business” subject area include:
Business Plans Handbook Vol. 1-30,1993-2014
Encyclopedia of American Industries, 6th ed.,
Encyclopedia of Business in Today’s World, 4 vols
Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, 6th ed.
and more….

Morningstar Investment Research Center – ( At Home Click Here ) – Get easy-to-use portfolio management tools, personalized portfolio analysis, select investment ideas, and independent, in-depth analyst reports to help you earn returns you can count on.

Gale OneFile: Business  – Predicast Overview of Markets and Technology. Use this database to research companies, the products and technologies they produce, and the markets in which they compete. Includes summaries and full text from nearly 1,000 business and trade journals, industry newsletters, newspapers, market research studies, news releases, and investment and brokerage firm reports.

Click here for additional websites, videos, & courses with information relating to markets & investing.

Look for job openings on Jobs Express from the NY State Department of Labor.
Look for job openings in Suffolk County, NY through their job portal.

The New York State Department of Labor is partnering with Coursera, an online training provider, to grant New Yorkers free access to nearly 4,000 online programs to help hone their skills in data science, business, and technology. Coursera’s programs are developed in partnership with top universities around the globe and were specifically chosen for inclusion in this offer to help job seekers gain skills needed to advance in their careers. For access, click here.

Career Cruising – An interactive reference guide which provides in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers. In addition to the job profiles, you’ll find: (1) multimedia interviews with real people in each and every career, (2) career search tools which help users find careers that suit their interests, and (3) a comprehensive database of colleges and universities, so that users can learn where to get education and training.

Job Now! – JobNow provides live interactive online help combined with online resources to guide you through the necessary tasks to get a job. Features expert resume assistance, live interview preparation and career coaching.

Tutor.com
ADULT EDUCATION AND CAREER CENTER: GED Prep; Citizenship; Back To School
CAREER CENTER: Search for a job, write an effective resume, or prepare for an interview with a career tutor.
COLLEGE CENTER: Tutors can help with college coursework and exam studies.
STUDENT CENTER: Get help with homework, studying for an exam or understanding today’s lesson. Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. All levels including AP.

PLEASE NOTE: As of July 5, 2021 our tutor.com URL will change, and all returning patrons will be required to create a new login when you access the new URL for the first time. In addition, any documents and sessions saved on your old account will be inaccessible. 

Vet Now – Free online job and academic assistance for Veterans transitioning to civilian life.

ProCitizen: Use esta base de datos para prepararse para las partes de educacion civica, lectura, y escritura del Examen de Naturalizacion de los Estados Unidos. En Espanol.

ProCitizen: Use this database to prepare for the civics, reading, and writing portions of the US Naturalization Test. In English.

The New York State Department of Labor is partnering with Coursera, an online training provider, to grant New Yorkers free access to nearly 4,000 online programs to help hone their skills in data science, business, and technology. Coursera’s programs are developed in partnership with top universities around the globe and were specifically chosen for inclusion in this offer to help job seekers gain skills needed to advance in their careers. For access, click here.

Gale OneFile: Computer Science – Provides access to business and technical publications in the computer, electronics, and telecommunications industries.

Fiero Code – Fiero Code is a self-paced learn-to-code software for kids ages 8-18. Through hundreds of coding tutorials and dozens of real-world projects, this high-impact educational e-resource prepares the youth in your library community for jobs and provides meaningful life skills such as critical thinking and problem solving.

Please note: To sign up you will need an email address and to create a user name and password.

Software Overview for Coders.mp4 from Fiero Code on Vimeo.

Consumer Reports

Recent and archived issues of the Consumer Reports magazine along with specific guides for appliances, cars, electronics, home and garden and babies and kids.

United States Department of Energy 2023 Model Year Fuel Economy Guide

* Response Crisis Center: 631-751-7500

* Veterans’ Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 or TEXT 838255

* Veteran Caregiver Support Line: 1-855-260-3274

* Disaster Distress Hotline: 1-800-985-5990

*  SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration) National Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 

*   NYS Mental Health Support Line: 1-844-863-9314  or  Text 741741 

* Peer Support Services – Association for Mental Health and Wellness  healingconnnections@mhaw.org  631-471-7242, x 1217 (7 Days a Week)

*  NY Connects: 1-800-341-9871  

*   Long Island Against Domestic Violence: 631-666-8833

*   Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Line: 1-800-272-3400
Also offers daily support calls, to register call 516-586-1507 

* Nassau/Suffolk  Law Services   Ronkonkoma – 631-232-2400 & Riverhead – 631-369-1112

* Family Service League DASH 24/7 Hotline 631-952-3333   https://www.fsl-li.org/help-services/diagnosis-assessment-and-stabilization-hub-dash/

* Alcoholic’s Anonymous:  631-669-1624

* National Alliance on Mental Illness Https://www.nami.org

* Dial “311”” to connect with various services and organizations, to request a face mask, and to connect with emergency food resources

* Island Harvest … 631-873-4775  https://www.islandharvest.org

* L I Cares … 631-582-FOOD (3663)  https://www.licares.org

* NY Crime Victims Legal Help https://crimevictimshelpny.org/

DMV- Permit Practice Test

Practice makes perfect so practice, study, learn and pass your DMV test.

Gale OneFile: Educator’s Reference Complete-Educator’s Reference Center seeks to provide full text for titles in the Eric database and covers multiple levels of education from preschool to college, and every educational specialty–such as technology, bilingual education, health education, and testing. It also provides insight on issues in administration, funding, and policy.

Explora Educator’s Edition focuses on the needs of teachers & school librarians. It offers professional development resources, lesson plans, research guides, and curriculum standards.

Morningstar Investment Research Center – ( At Home Click Here ) – Get easy-to-use portfolio management tools, personalized portfolio analysis, select investment ideas, and independent, in-depth analyst reports to help you earn returns you can count on.

Ancestry – Library Edition – (Available in the library only)
Detailed family history research materials, including images of original U.S. Census Records, Social Security Death Index.

Ancestry.com New York
Several NY repositories have formed a partnership Ancestry.com to digitize family history records and make them available on line for free.  You can use this link to access from home!

Heritage Quest Online – A comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.

Historical Newsday (1940-1991)

(Access from home)

Historical NY Times (1851-2016) – (Click here for access from home) (Search Historical Newspapers) Historical newspapers provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

NYS Historic Newspapers

NY Heritage – West Hempstead Local History

Certification Matters – Check to see if your doctor is certified. Unlimited access (no registration/barcode needed) when used within the library. There is a limit of 25 searches a day when used outside of the library.

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine  – Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine provides access to medical and professional periodicals, health and fitness magazines, and reference books and pamphlets. The database is designed for both nursing and allied health students as well as consumer health researchers. The material contained in this database is intended for informational purposes only.

Medicine eBooks are a sub-collection of the Gale eBook Reference Library.

MedlinePlus – Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, this website offers reliable, up-to-date health information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand.

New York State Physician Profile
Certain information is required to be available on all physicians. Such information includes:

• Information about the doctor’s medical education
• Information about translation services at the doctor’s office
• Information about legal actions taken against the doctor

Britannica Academic Edition
Britannica Academic is an accurate, current, and comprehensive resource for college-level learners, researchers, and faculty.

Gale Virtual Reference Library – Includes many Social Studies titles. eg., Cold War Reference Library, Colonial America Reference Library, The Crusades Reference Library , and more…

Historical Newsday (1940-1991)
(Access from home)

Historical NY Times (1851-2016) – (Search Historical Newspapers) – Historical newspapers provide genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.  (Access from home.)

SCHOLASTIC GO! -Various encyclopedias, some targeted for elementary, middle school, high school and up. Includes America the Beautiful, Lands and People, and a Multimedia collection.

Gale In Context: U.S. History  – A premier online resource providing a complete overview of America’s past and covers the most studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. Includes full-text newspapers and periodicals, videos, and audio files.

Gale In Context: World History  – Gale in Context: World History reaches back to the ancient world — and forward to today’s headlines — to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have formed the history of the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multi-media content put this vast topic into context for students. Content is aligned with state and national curriculum standards.

Britannica School – Britannica School is a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School.

Explora (Primary School) – Provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects, or homework.

Gale in Context: Elementary – (Formerly Kids InfoBits) meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It features a developmentally appropriate, visually graphic interface, a subject-based topic tree search and full-text, age-appropriate, curriculum-related magazine, newspaper and reference content for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

NoveList K-8 Plus – Designed especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. In addition to finding the right books that appeal to each reader’s interests and match their reading level, you can use it to find books that meet Common Core State Standards..

SCHOLASTIC GO! – – Encyclopedias, atlas, dictionaries. Explore subject area links along the left hand side of the homepage.

TumbleBook Library – Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love.

Gale OneFile: ¡Informe! Academico – Informe Académico proporciona acceso a periódicos y revistas especializadas de lengua española y portuguesa. La base de datos ofrece una amplia gama de contenidos sobre América Latina.

Informe Académico provides access to Spanish- and Portuguese-language scholarly journals and magazines. The database offers a wide range of content both from and about Latin America.

Pronunciator – With courses in over 80 languages, Pronunciator is the world’s largest language-learning service. Pronunciator is home to the largest ESL curriculum, with courses taught in 60+ non-English languages.

Britannica Escolar – ( At Home Click Here ) This site offers resources in Spanish for all ages including: Britannica Secundaria for adults and Britannica Primaria for children. Este portal le ofrece recursos de referencia en español en dos interfaces exclusivas — cada una con una enciclopedia adaptada al lector: Enciclopedia Secundaria para adultos y estudiantes y Britannica Primaria para estudiantes de 6 a 12 años de edad.

TumbleBook Library – Animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they’ll love. Available in Spanish and French.  (en español) (en français)

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Reference sources in e-Book format include specialized reference sources. Click on subject area “Law” to find traditional print publications, eg.American Law Yearbook (2005-2009),
Major Acts of Congress (2004),
National Survey of State Laws (2005),
Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, 2006.

NUWAV Legal Documents
The goal of NUWAV Legal Documents is to provide documents that meet the needs of the everyday citizen. Easily compose documents in categories like Business, Contracts, Landlord/Tenant disputes, Divorce and much more.

Have a civil legal question? Ask it on ny.freelegalanswers.org

ny.freelegalanswers.org is a FREE website where eligible New Yorkers can ask volunteer attorneys a question about their non-criminal legal issue.  Volunteers have 30 days to respond to your question.

What if you don’t qualify for free legal help?
Visit http://www.lawhelpny.org to find legal forms, videos, referrals, and more.

Gale Virtual Resource Library – e-Books in the Literature section include multi-volume encyclopedias for drama, poetry, and short stories. Graphic novelists, world mythology, and Shakespeare are also covered.

Literature Resource Center – Literature Resource Center is Gale’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis. The database provides researchers with unbounding evidence to support their literary responses and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and perspectives are represented. (Part of the Gale Digital Archive).

Novelist Plus – This is a fiction and nonfiction database that allows you to search by title, author, plot and series name. It also gives annotations, author read-alikes, booklists, book discussion guides, booktalks and feature articles.

Novelist K-8 Plus – This fiction and nonfiction database is aimed at the K-8 population and allows you to search by title, author, series, theme, or topic. It also provides full-text reviews and booktalks and includes picture books, children’s chapter books, and young adult titles. A teacher resources page gives standards-based thematic units, picture book extenders, a guide for teaching with fiction and booktalks.

2-1-1 Long Island connects people to local health and human service agencies and programs.

West Hempstead Community local organization listings.

New York Heritage 

West Hempstead Now and Then

NYS Historic Newspapers

NEWSPAPERS AND CURRENT ISSUES

Historical Newsday (1940-1991) – (Access from home) – This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers, and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society, and events of the time.

Historical NY Times (1851-2016) – (Access from home) – This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Gale OneFile: News – This innovative full-text newspaper resource allows users to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, author, newspaper section, or other fields. It provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Includes NY Post (Jan 19, 2000 – Current)

New York Times –  Includes New York Times (Jan 1, 1985 – Current)

For historical newspapers see:

NYS Historic Newspapers

PROQUEST US NEWSSTREAM (At home? Click here.) – US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. US Newsstream offers access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal.
Includes:

• New York Times (Full Text: 1980 – current) (Access from home), 
• Wall Street Journal (Jan 2, 1984 – current) (Access from home),
• Newsday  (Access from home)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Gale Academic OneFile – Gale’s premier periodical resource, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning. (Click here for access from home.)

Gale General OneFile – A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints  – Covers current social issues to help students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for the purposes of conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations.

Gale Virtual Reference Library – to find encyclopedias and other reference e-books such as Grzimek’s Student Animal Life Resource and U*X*L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters.

GreenFile –  This comprehensive resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.

SCHOLASTIC GO!
Provides reliable content on almost every core-curricula subject through nonfiction texts, world newspapers, photographs, interactive maps (topographical, historical, and current), and videos. Also included are lesson plans and educator resources.

Gale In Context: Science  – Gale in Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, Gale in Context: Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather. The collection includes millions of full-text articles that includes national and global publications as well as 200+ experiments, projects, and top reference content.

Science Online (Facts on File) – Includes diagrams, experiments, and videos for science fairs.

GENERAL REFERENCE:

Britannica School – Britannica School is a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School.

SCHOLASTIC GO! – Contains more than 115,000 articles covering every core-curriculum subject. The articles and their illustrations are derived from the content of seven Scholastic encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.

Tutor.com – Students in grades K-12, entry level college and adult learners can receive specialized one-to-one tutoring help in the areas of math, science, English, social studies and writing. Professional tutors are available online from every day from 2:00pm to 10:00pm EST through any internet-enabled computer or mobile device. This service is also available in Spanish.

PLEASE NOTE: As of July 5, 2021 our tutor.com URL will change, and all returning patrons will be required to create a new login when you access the new URL for the first time. In addition, any documents and sessions saved on your old account will be inaccessible.

BIOGRAPHIES:

Gale In Context: Biography  Gale in Context: Biography is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world’s most influential people. It merges Gale’s authoritative reference content (including Lives & Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.

HEALTH AND SCIENCE:

Gale In Context: Science  – Gale in Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, Gale in Context: Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather. The collection includes millions of full-text articles that includes national and global publications as well as 200+ experiments, projects, and top reference content.

Science Online – Concepts, terminology, and theories; diagrams and experiments – helpful for science fairs.

LITERATURE:

Literature Resource Center – Literature Resource Center is Gale’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works including a deep collection of full-text critical and literary analysis. The database provides researchers with unbounding evidence to support their literary responses and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and perspectives are represented. (Part of the Gale Digital Archive).

NoveList K-8 Plus – Designed especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. In addition to finding the right books that appeal to each reader’s interests and match their reading level, you can use it to find books that meet Common Core State Standards.

NoveList Plus – The premiere reader advisory database. It includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, series and genre information, award lists, read-alikes by title, author, and series, discussion guides and more.

Gale Virtual Reference Library – This database includes Drama for Students (vol. 1-27), Novels for Students (vol.1-35), Poetry for Students (vol.1-36), Short Stories for Students (vol. 1-31) AND MORE!

HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES:

Gale In Context: Middle School – Created specifically for middle school students, Research In Context combines videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Categories cover a range of the most-studied topics including cultures, government, people, U.S. and world history, literature, and many more.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints  – Covers current social issues to help students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for the purposes of conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations.

Gale In Context: US History  – Gale’s U.S. History In Context is the premier online resource providing a complete overview of America’s past and covers the most studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. U.S. History In Context brings a personal perspective to history with thousands of rare and vital primary source documents along with full-text newspapers and periodicals, and videos and audio files from respected sources such as The New York Times, National Geographic, and NPR.

Gale In Context: World History  – Gale’s World History In Context is the premier online resource that reaches back to the ancient world – and forward to today’s headlines – to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures that have shaped the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable references and multimedia content put this vast topic into context for students and researchers.

Vet Now – Free online job and academic assistance for Veterans transitioning to civilian life.

The Elizabeth Dole Foundation is proud to announce the launch of Caregiver Community Connection (C3), a new web-based series designed to empower, equip, and engage America’s military and veteran caregivers.